[Elecraft] VP6DX on 160M... MAN, talk about EARS!

[T. David Yarnes]

Good grief Tom!  Can't you make it difficult?

Dave W7AQK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hammond" <n0ss at embarqmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:14 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] VP6DX on 160M... MAN, talk about EARS!


> Wheeee!
>
> Just worked VP6DX on 160M... feeding ONLY the CENTER 
> conductor of my 80/40/30M
> dipole with about 120' of coax laying on the ground (170' 
> total coax length)
> and an estimated 20:1 SWR into the K3s ATU... which the 
> KAT3 matched to <2:1
> without complaint!
>
> NOT ONLY THAT... as I was checking the 'metering' of the 
> above listed parameters,
> I happened to check my POWER setting... 8.2W output... 
> seems I'd set the POWER
> down in an effort to get an external ATU to give me a 
> better 'starting' match
> for the KAT3, but finding that the external ATU couldn't 
> hit 160M I took it out
> of the line BUT forgot to return the POWER to 100W as 
> intended...!!
>
> So not only did I work 'em with a MUCH less than optimum 
> antenna (probably only
> a few PERCENT efficient), I further hobbled myself 9and 
> them!) by running (nearly)
> QRP.
>
> AND they still heard me!
>
> 73,
>
> Tom  N0SS
>
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